---
title: 'Amadeus (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Miloš Forman'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 160
certification: 'PG'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/amadeus-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Amadeus (1984)

1984 · PG · 160 min · Drama, Music, History · United States


## Synopsis

Amadeus is a 1984 American period drama film directed by Miloš Forman. Peter Shaffer adapted it from his 1979 stage play, inspired by Alexander Pushkin's 1830 play Mozart and Salieri. Shaffer described it as a "fantasia on [a real-life] theme", as it imagines an orchestral rivalry between two 18th-century Vienna composers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Antonio Salieri. Salieri struggles to reconcile his professional admiration for Mozart with his jealous hatred, and resolves to ruin Mozart's career as his form of vengeance against God.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Miloš Forman](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-forman)
- **Screenplay:** [Peter Shaffer](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-shaffer)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://cinepixo.com/people/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart), [Antonio Salieri](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-salieri)
- **Producer:** [Saul Zaentz](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-zaentz), [Michael Haussman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-haussman)
- **Director of Photography:** [Miroslav Ondříček](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-ondricek)
- **Editor:** [Michael A. Chandler](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-a-chandler)

## Cast

- [Tom Hulce](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-hulce) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- [Elizabeth Berridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-berridge) as Constanze Mozart
- [Roy Dotrice](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-dotrice) as Leopold Mozart
- [Simon Callow](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-callow) as Emanuel Schikaneder
- [Christine Ebersole](https://cinepixo.com/people/christine-ebersole) as Caterina Cavalieri
- [Philip Lenkowsky](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-lenkowsky)
- [Jeffrey Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeffrey-jones) as Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
- [Eva Šenková](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-senkova)
- [Cynthia Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/cynthia-nixon) as Lorl
- [Milan Demjanenko](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-demjanenko) as Carl Thomas Mozart
- [Jonathan Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-moore) as Gottfried van Swieten
- [Jana Musilová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-musilova)
- [Karel Gult](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-gult)
- [F. Murray Abraham](https://cinepixo.com/people/f-murray-abraham) as Antonio Salieri
- [Rita Zohar](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-zohar)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/amadeus-1984
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